A new donation-based program called Pet Food Stamps aims to provide food stamps for pets of low-income families and for food stamp recipients who otherwise could not afford to feed their pets, reported ABC affiliate KVIA in Las Cruces, N.M.

Based in New York, the program is open to anyone in the United States. More than 45,000 pets have already been signed up in the past two weeks, according to the program's founder and executive director Marc Okon. Once need and income is verified, the families will receive pet food each month from pet food retailer Pet Food Direct for a six-month period.

"We're not looking for government funding at this point," Okon told ABCNews.com. "Should the government be willing to provide assistance further down the line, we will look into it."

“Could I deduce from your statement that fools are the ones who help people feed their pets?”

Um, they ARE NOT feeding “their” pets, the recipients are expecting others to feed their pets AND they are already on the dole as sucklings to the government teat. Plus, you need to read to the last line of the excerpt posted. The “charity” is already pushing for government funding.

I am all for donation based. What concerned me was, “We are not looking at government funding AT THIS POINT”. I take that as we will look at government funding at some point. Maybe I’m just too jaded...

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